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Swatow, 28th February, 1924
sir,
I am in receipt of your communication of 27th instant from which I note you have been doing your best to help me on
for which I beg to thank you the matter without any success,
very
much for your troubles.
As regard to the arrest of the manager of my busines8 of being deceiving the Government with my nationality for the past three years. The man's family men come to me every day
to settle the matter as and lay the matter on me and force me
Now as I am soon as possible in order to release this man. already casted out of the British subjects and am the stranger of this place. At first I depend everything on you but now
If you will kindly take pity nowhere to redress my grievance.
I think as the
But if you think
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on me as regard to lives and properties. proverb says "There is a will there is a way". the matter camot be helped and I have no word to say any further, then please don't take too much troubles of yours By the way is just drop the matter off and let it alone. it right to let me have a copy of your communication to the commissioner of the Swatow Foreign Affairs in order that I can go to the higher Chinese Officer to redress my grievance. Please note no more further troubles will make to you after this.
Now as I am going to endeavour to get back my British subject with several good and true reasons and reasonable excuse
Kindly let me not in British soil. of my being born abroad know if you are good enough to pass my letter of explanation, (about
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B.M. Consul,
Swatow.
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